VIDEO: Possible tornado seen near Durham County-Person County line during Helene storms

ROUGEMONT, N.C. (WNCN) – A possible tornado was caught on camera near the Durham County-Person County line on Friday evening.

CBS 17 viewer Aaron Whitfield captured a funnel cloud forming around 6:15 p.m. in the Rougemont area.

This comes as parts of central North Carolina deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene ravaging its way through the state.

The National Weather Service confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down on Friday, including one in Sampson County and another in Rocky Mount , which city fire officials said resulted in 15 people suffering injuries.

The EF-3 tornado formed in Rocky Mount with estimated peak winds of 140 miles per hour, damaging 14 buildings in total.

The “powerful but brief tornado” was 100 yards wide and wreaked havoc quickly along its quarter-of-a-mile-long path. Damages ranged from half an auto repair shop being ripped away to a medical supply store turned into mostly a pile of bricks.

An EF-1 tornado also formed in Sampson County late Friday morning, NWS officials said.

The twister touched down shortly before 11:30 a.m. and traveled on the ground for 3.31 miles with estimated peak winds of 95 miles per hour. It snapped trees along Helltown Road outside Garland, near the Bladen County line. NWS Raleigh also said it uprooted a large oak tree near Elwell Road. No injuries were reported.

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